Josephite Rishabh-“malibu” & ukraine war

June 14, 2022 5 comments Admin Categories storiesTags ,

The entire world was witnessing the war which had unfolded in Ukraine. The sound of explosions and warning sirens and the sight of tanks and military vehicles patrolling the streets of Ukraine had traumatized our dear Josephite Rishabh Kaushik batch of 2018. Rishabh was seeking his computer engineering bachelor’s degree in Ukraine for the last 3 years. Along with his family, he was stuck in Ukraine the family members realized that the dispute between the two countries could escalate, on February 19 and 20, somehow booked tickets and left for Dubai, but Rishabh refused to leave just because his pet dog “Malibu” with whom Rishabh has been living for the last 1 year could not go on the riight. Therefore, Rishabh told his family members that he would return home with his “Malibu” (Ukrainian name for the dog which means ‘sweet’) after taking NOC from the Government of India and all the departments in 2 to 3 days. The family felt that the situation had not worsened so far, thus they accepted Rishabh’s words. Rishabh was stuck in Kyiv. The bombing was happening outside at a distance of about 5 to 6 kilometers from where he was in a Bunker. As soon as SJA AA received this news we immediately got into action. We shared Rishabh’s post on various social media platforms and made a fervent appeal to all the Josephite to please share the post as much as possible and see that reaches the right ears and helps Rishabh to be back home safe with his parents. And the miracle did happen for the first we witnessed the reach of social media our post went viral, was shared 216 times reaching more than 1,10,000 people and we were inundated by various calls contacted by PETA, BBC, FOX News, Youtubers, and various other channels with the help of PETA the issue was brought to the notice honorable Minister for fisheries and Animal Husbandry and dairying which resulted in one-time relaxation for carrying pet dog/ pet cat along with stranded citizens!! With Relaxation offered Rishabh Kaushik along with his Buddy and 9 friends somehow caught a train from Kyiv disembarked at Uzhgorod and reached Záhony and from there further to Budapest-Hungary. Thereafter boarded IAF (Indian Air Force) plane with his pet and landed in India (Hindon-Ghaziabad). We are extremely thankful to all those who prayed for him and supported us to see that Rishabh reached safely to Hungary. Special thanks to PETA and thousands of people fr om a ll o v e r the wo rld who continuously send us messages to help in eve ry way possibl e manne r financially, morally, and physically. We salute the outstanding tenacity, perseverance, and persistence of Rishabh to move out of the war zone along with his Buddy his pet “Malibu” and his 9 friends to whom he provided similar support in t h e s e extraordinarily tough times…